Visakhapatnam, Oct.

Hyderabad, Oct. 21: It is lopsided policies that leave Andhra Pradesh and its capital water-starved more than scarcity of the precious commodity. If the state is able to manage the available water resources and ensure 24/7 water supply, it would be more economical and safe than intermittent water supply which has many hidden costs.

Hyderabad, Oct. 21: The practice of laying water pipelines close to sewer lines has led to the spread of water-borne diseases during monsoon. While digging roads for laying cable lines, the rain water gushes in and seeps into the water pipelines after getting mixed with the raw sewerage and run off from the sewer lines. Leakage of sewer lines is quite common in Hyderabad.

Hyderabad, Oct. 20: People of the state are still unable to get iodised cooking salt of proper standards that helps fight goitre, retardation in children and reproductive failure in females. Health experts are sad that even on Global Iodine Deficiency Disorder Day, which falls on October 21, no thought is being given to this health need of the populace.

Visakhapatnam, Oct. 20: The proposed coastal corridor from Itchapuram to Tada will not harm the fisherfolk and other weaker sections, said the minister for infrastructure, ports and investments, Mr Mopidevi Venkata Ramana Rao.

Nellore, Oct. 20: The Prime Minister

BY MUKESH RANJAN
NEW DELHI

Concerned over the fast depleting level of groundwater and also the number of inland water bodies in the states, the Centre has recently decided to approve the World Bank-aided mega development programmes to revive them in Andhra Pradesh (AP), Tamil Nadu (TN) and Karnataka.

Khammam, Oct. 19: Bhadrachalam, a holy town, turned out to be a battlefield as 3,000 tribals, particularly Koyas, desc-ended on the town and set up thatched houses in the controversial land in Puru-shothamapatnam demanding that the government give house sites.

Kadapa Oct. 16: Works relating to several irrigation projects are going on at a snail